1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 1:00 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2001 VIS SATL THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED THE EFFECTS OF A DRY SLOT SLIPPING IN SOUTH OF THE SFC LOW PRESENTLY OVER CENTRAL MO...ALLOWING TEMPS TO JUMP WELL INTO THE 70S OVER NE AR/SE MO/W KY. SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTH OF THE LOW TO SOUTHWEST AR...WITH A PREFRONTAL TROF JUST AHEAD OF IT. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED EAST OF THE LOW INTO SOUTHERN IL...NORTH OF MVN...TO JUST NORTH OF EVV...AND INTO CENTRAL KY. SWODY1 SPEAKS OF POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES NEAR THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY TODAY...BUT VERTICAL SHEAR MAY BECOME MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL AS THE THE SFC BOUNDARY MOVES NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER AIR CHARTS REVEAL THE NEXT TROF OVER SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA IS POISED TO DROP INTO THE MIDWEST FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND. 12Z AVN IS STILL THE FASTEST WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM AFTER 30 HOURS AS THE SFC LOW MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. ALOFT...THE TROF SHOULD PHASE WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED TROF/LOW AS IT SWEEPS THRU THE UPPER MIDWEST...DRAGGING ANOTHER SFC COLD FRONT SOUTH OF IT. WITH MARGINAL MOISTURE AND POSITIVE LIS...IT APPEARS THE FRI NITE SAT FROPA WILL PROBABLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF PERIOD OF SHOWERS. IN THE EXTENDED...AGREE WITH NCEP THAT MRF IS QUICK WITH THE NEXT TROF IMPORTED FROM THE PAC NORTHWEST DAY4/DAY5...SO EVEN WITH HINTS AT RETURN FLOW PRECIP CHANCE MON...PLAN TO NOT MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED YET. .PAH...NONE. DB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
631 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM 4E HENDRICKSON MO WIND DAMAGE
05/31/01 BUTLER LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
RJPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A small microburst damaged a barn roof and tore down some tree limbs. The damage path was only about one half to three quarters of a mile long and less than one hundred yards wide.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, May 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5243356.